To Neil Cox, who in a June 19th posting is looking for a novel on the battle of Hastings: Read “Housecarl” by Laurence J. Brown! The hero is Ranulf, a member of Harold Godwineson’s elite bodyguard. I almost felt like I was holding a Cornwell novel while I read it. The second Ranulf novel, “Cold Heart, Cruel Hand” deals with the resistance of Hereward the Wake and is just as good! More books in the series are planned. Alan Kempner